Lion Melted Styrofoam Cup Craft for Kids

1. Cut slits about 1/2" apart from the rim of a large styrofoam cup to about 2 1/2 from the bottom of the cup.

2. Preheat your oven to 250 degrees (convection oven works best). Make sure you turn on your oven vent and you have your windows
open because the fumes from the melting cups probably aren't good
to breath in.

3. Place the cut Styrofoam
cup, right-side up, on an old cookie sheet. Turn on the oven light so you can see inside the oven.
You should see the cup start to melt and the sides curl down in about 15 to 30 seconds
or maybe a little longer. As soon as you see the sides start to curl down open the oven door and take out the cup. The cup will not be hot, but be
very careful not to touch the sides of the oven.

4. Use another cup for the body of the lion. Paint both cups and let them dry.

5. To finish glue on googly eyes. The ones on this lion are standing on end. Glue the head to the body.

Flat Cat Craft for Kids

You can use this cute little cat to play a word game that teaches
your children words that rhyme with "cat". Children will love
making their own flat cats to take home and help them learn to read.

What
you will need:

Two or three Styrofoam dinner plates or heavy
duty paper plate for each cat

One small paper plate, acrylic paint

Glue or staples

Large Paper Clip

Sticky Note Paper or Plain
Paper

How to Make the Flat Cat Craft:

1. Cut
out legs, ears, and a tail from one paper plate or a Styrofoam
tray. I cut the feet from around the rim of the paper plate
so that they naturally bend down. Try not to have the feet and
tail stick out too far. This makes it harder to spin because
the tail and legs keep bumping on things.

2. Glue
or staple the legs and tail to the top of one plate.

3. Cover
that paper plate with another paper plate to form the cats body.
The plates should be glued or stapled top to top.

4. Fold
the small plate in half to form the cats head. Glue ears
to the head at the fold. Glue the head to the body.

2. Use the
pattern for the mane to cut out of orange construction paper.
Cut slits all around the perimeter of mane before gluing the
lion's head on top of the mane. Use the patterns to cut arms
and legs out of yellow construction paper.

3. In class
have the children color and cut out the lion head.

4. Glue the
head in the center of the mane (mane should have the long side
going horizontal).

5. Cut tiny
squares (2" X 2") and scrunch up into little balls - if using
tissue paper. Paper tissue paper balls or pompoms into plastic
bags. Fold top corners of plastic bags down and staple. Staple
top of bags closed. Staple onto the back of head. Staple arms
under mane. Staple legs to back of the bottom of bag.

2. If you
would like the noodles to be orange, place some red food dye
in a large Ziplock bag, add about a 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol,
and place the noodle inside. Lightly shake the bag until
the noodles turn orange. Remove the noodles and place
on a paper towel to dry.

3. In class
have the children color the lion face and mane and then glue
on noodles.

1. This craft
can be used as a color sheet or a craft. If you are using it as
a color sheet print out just the Color
Sheet Pattern. If you are going to use it as a craft print
out the Lion
Patterns also.

2. In class
have the children color all the pictures.

3. Cut out
around the arch shape on the Daniel color sheet page. Glue this
picture on construction paper, leaving room for verse at the bottom.
Color the verse from the lion patterns page, cut it out, and glue
it on top of the picture at the bottom. If you are not using this
version of the verse just write the verse on the bottom of the
picture. Or write the verse on a separate sheet of paper for the
children to glue on.

4. If you
are using this activity as a craft you will also need: Yellow,
orange, or brown foam or felt (or "fur" fabric) for
the lion's manes, also other colors of foam, felt or fabric.

5. Have
the children color the parts of the pictures that you won't be
cutting out of foam or felt. Cut out around the arch shape on
the Daniel color sheet. Cut around Daniel's hands. His hands will
be lifted up to fit the lions' manes
underneath when gluing them on. Glue the picture onto construction
paper, leaving room for the verse at the bottom. Color the verse
from the lion patterns page, cut it out, and then glue it on top
of the picture at the bottom. Color an extra lion and Daniel's
head covering from the lion pattern page and cut it out (the third
lion is optional).

6. Cut loosely
around the mane shapes and Daniel's head covering. Use them as
patterns to cut out of foam, felt or fabric. Glue all the pieces
on, lifting up Daniel's hands before gluing on the mane, gluing
on the lions' faces last. Glue on the verse overlapping the Daniel
picture. Encourage the children to use their picture to tell the
story to their family or friends.

Scaredy
Cat Hand Puppet Craft for Kids

1. Print
out the patterns for the Top
of the Head and the Jaw onto card stock. (I used a tan color).

2. Before
class cut out the patterns and assemble them if you don't have
much time in class.

3. Starting
with the top of the head (the pattern with the eyes) fold on the
fold lines and also make a crease from the top of the nose to
the top of the dotted lines as shown in the picture. Glue the
smaller trapezoid shape to the center tabs. This will be the roof
of the lions mouth. Then bring down the sides of the larger trapezoid
and glue over the tabs that have the smaller trapezoid glued to
it.

4. To make
the jaw, fold in on all the dotted lines except the top fold.
The tab should be on the inside. Glue the tabs down to form an
envelope shape. Fold the top tab away from the opening in the
envelope. Glue the tab onto the inside of the lions head so that
the opening of the envelope shape is on the outside. The child
should be able to put his fingers in the lines head and his thumb
in the lions jaw and open and close the mouth by moving their
fingers and thumbs away from each other.

5. In class
show the children how to cut long strips of construction paper
about 1/2" thick (Or cut them before class). Have them curl
the construction paper strips around a pencil or crayon and then
glue them to the head. To finish glue the ears on and color the
puppet.

Scaredy
Cat - (A Little Lion Learns about Courage)

Children
learn about how to overcome fear through this make-believe story
about a little, scaredy cat lion who meets Daniel in the lion's
den. Isaiah 41:10 This lesson was designed for Christian home
school use. It will also work great for Christian preschools and
Sunday school. It includes worksheets
for writing the ABC's in print and cursive, games and activities
to reinforce the lesson, Bible verse cards, math games and phonic
games, arts and crafts, science project ideas and other learning
activities.